چرخ

See also: خرج‎, جرح‎, خ ر ج‎, and ج ر ح‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡‎ (chr /čahr/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám (compare Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀‎ (caxra, “wheel”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (compare Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾx/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾx/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæɾx/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾx/

Noun

Dari Persian	چرخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чарх (čarx)

چرخ • (čarx) (plural چرخ‌ها‎ (čarx-hâ))

1. wheel
2. cart
3. sewing machine
4. (dialectal) spool, pulley
5. (poetic) sky
6. (rare) circle

Derived terms

• چرخک‎ (čarxak)
• چرخان‎ (čarxân)
• چرخدار‎ (čarx-dâr)
• چرخ‌خورده‎ (čarx-xorde)
• چرخ‌انداز‎ (čarx-andâz)
• چرخ‌ساز‎ (čarx-sâz)
• چرخاب‎ (čarxâb)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: չարխ (čʿarx)
  • Armenian: չարխ (čʿarx)
• → Azerbaijani: çarx
• → Hindi: चरख़ा (carxā)
• → Urdu: چرخہ‎